SmarterthanYou
rebel
http://www.tampabay.com/news/health...-hours-after-state-takes-her-from-mom/1264535
not surprising that the state failed miserably in all things, resulting in the death of a teenage girl, but here's the kicker that pisses me off...
In March 2011, state child protection investigators took 14-year-old Marie from her mother, Doris Freyre, claiming Doris' own disabilities made it almost impossible for her to care for Marie, who suffered from seizures and severe cerebral palsy. But a Tampa judge signed an order that Marie be returned to her mother, with in-home nursing care around the clock.
Florida health care administrators refused to pay for it, although in-home care can be demonstrably cheaper than care in an institution. Child welfare workers ignored the order completely.
Two months later, Marie was strapped into an ambulance for a five-hour trip to a Miami Gardens nursing home, as her mother begged futilely to go with her.
Marie died 12 hours after she arrived.
not surprising that the state failed miserably in all things, resulting in the death of a teenage girl, but here's the kicker that pisses me off...
and you can bet your ass that the only accountability is going to be money from the taxpayers. not a single individual in the florida state government will ever be held accountable for this murder.At the end of the hearing, Corvo required child welfare administrators to do better. She wrote an order that Marie be returned to her mother, with additional nursing care through the night.
It was an order the state simply ignored.